Re: Fwd: PostgreSQL: WolfSSL support

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 05:46:17PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 06:25:21PM -0300, Ranier Vilela wrote:
> >> Personally, the dynamic link does not hurt the GPL.
> >> But some people, do not think so, it was also unclear what Mr Stallman thinks
> >> of the subject (dynamic link).
>
> > I think Stallman says the courts have to decide, which kind of makes
> > sense.
>
> This subject (openssl vs readline) has been discussed to death in the
> past, with varying opinions --- for example, Red Hat's well-qualified
> lawyers think building PG with openssl + readline poses no problem,
> Debian's lawyers apparently think otherwise. Please see the archives
> before re-opening the topic. And, if you're not a lawyer, it's quite
> unlikely you'll bring any new insights.

I think the larger problem is that different jurisdictions, e.g., USA,
EU, could rule differently. Also, the FSF is not the only organization
that can bring violation suits, e.g. Oracle with MySQL, so there
probably isn't one answer to this until it is thoroughly litigated.

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